WUNDERLICH, C. A. — Das Verhalten der Eigenwärme in Krankheiten.
Leipzig, O. Wigand, 1868. sm 4to. W. 40 textills. & 7 fold. tables. Contemp. full black library cloth, w. black titleshield, giltlettered. (VIII, 384 pp.). (Prelims a few brown spots.). (Libr. stamp on verso title.). Hirsch V, 1002/4: Garrison, p. 431: 'Wunderlich made his book a permanent scientific classic. He found fever a disease and left it a symptom.' G&M. 2677: 'This classic on temperature in disease laid the foundation of modern knowledge regarding clinical thermometry.'. Waller I, 10419: Norman Coll., 2268: 'W. 's study coincided with the discoveries of microbial causes of disease and with scientific investigations on the nature body heat. Henceforth the recording of the temperature and the pulse and respiratory rates rapidly became routine in medical practise.':